The Italian film director
Sergio Castellitto and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro will be
among the guests of a festival in New York celebrating Italian
box office hits called 'Italy on Screen Today'.
The screenings, from October 19-22, will include stories
linked to the films from actors and directors.
Italia culture minister Dario Franceschini will be at the
opening conference on October 18 at the Italian consulate.
On October 20, Castellitto will introduce two of his films -
'Don't Move' and 'Twice Born', adapted from novels of the same
name by his wife Margaret Mazzantini.
He will also receive the "Nino Manfredi Art Excellence
Award".
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who has won three Oscar
awards (for 'Apocalypse Now', 'The Conformist', and 'The Last
Emperor') will also be at the festival. Storaro is currently in
New York to shoot Woody Allen's latest film.
Storaro will receive the Wind of Europe International Award.
MigrArti will be presented at this year's Italy on Screen
Today, a competition supported by the culture ministry to
promote films that shed light on the positive aspects of
immigrant populations in Italy for development and intercultural
dialogue.
The project is the brainchild of Paolo Masini, coordinator of
it and advisor to Minister Franceschini.
Masini and Andrea Bartoli, representative to the UN for the
Community of Sant'Egidio, will present to the public a selection
of seven short films: 'La Recita' (whicih won the 2017 MigrArti
Cinema 2017 Award for Best Film), 'Ambaradam', 'L'Amore Senza
Motivo', 'La Macchia', 'Nella Yugosfera', 'Sara' and 'La Giraffa
Senza Gamba'.
The short films were presented during the 74th Venice Film
Festival and made by associations and film production companies
and focused on the different cultures amid integration processes
in Italy.
Homage will be paid to Dario Fo on October 19-20, one year
after his death and twenty years after he was given the Nobel
Prize for Literature.
The documentary 'Dario Fo and Franca Rame: A Nobel for Two',
will be shown, directed by Lorena Luciano and Filipo Piscopo and
focusing on an analysis of the couple, united in life and on the
stage, and the film 'Sweet Democracy', directed by Michele
Diomà, co-produced by Donald Ranvaud and featuring a Fo trying
to satirically analyze the level of freedom of expression in the
country.
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